Semantricks: A Dictionary of Words You Thought You Knew

<p>At last, a book for the American Idle. Here is a punny new dictionary of inventive definitions of real words.<br><br>Acrimony: Spousal support payments following bitter divorce<br>Friction: Novel that rubs you the wrong wayNegligence: Woman's forgotten dressing gownZinfandel: Heathen wine Ranging from the merely fetched (<i>Spaniel: Iberian canine</i>) to the far-fetched (<i>Buccaneer: Piracy in corn pricing</i>) to the neurologically suspect (<i>Giraffe: Very tall spotted decanter</i>), <i>Semantricks</i> will surprise, delight, and even stump the most word-wary pundits. Suffix it to say, you'll never look at <i>diphthong</i> the same way again.</p>